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Hasemania
Hasemania is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The species in this genus are endemic to Brazil, where only found in river basins that originate on the Brazilian Shield, ranging west to the Juruena system, north to the São Francisco system and south to the Paraná system. The individual species generally have quite small ranges and two, H. crenuchoides and H. piatan, are considered threatened by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.
They are small fish, up to 2.7–7 cm (1.1–2.8 in) in standard length depending on the exact species.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Silvertip Tetra
speciesHasemania nana
Hasemania negodagua
speciesHasemania negodagua
Hasemania hanseni
speciesHasemania hanseni
Hasemania diastatos
speciesHasemania diastatos
Hasemania piatan
speciesHasemania piatan
Hasemania melanura
speciesHasemania melanura
Hasemania maxillaris
speciesHasemania maxillaris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88742.